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ARISTOTLE 



^aXaKpovvrai 8' imS'qXcog ol avOpcjiroi yboXiara 



10 TCJV t,cpcx)v. eoTL he n KadoXov ro tolovtov ttolOos' 

 Koi yap T<ji>v (f)VTa)v ra [xev d€i(f)vXXa to. 8e (j)vX- 

 Ao^oAet, /cat Toiv 6pvidcx>v ol (f)0}XevovTes arro- 

 PdXXovaL TO, TTTepd. tolovtov 8e tl Trddog /cat 7] 

 (f}aXaKp6T7]g iaTcv irrl tcjv dvSpojTTOiV , ocrot? ovpi- 

 ^atVet (f)aXaKpovadaf /card fiepos pikv yap aTToppei 



15 /cat TO, cf)vXXa Tolg (f)VTOLg Trdai /cat to. TTTepa /cat 

 at TpLX^s TOLS €)(ovaLV, OTOV 8' ddpoov yevrjTaL 

 TO Trddos, Xafx^dveL Tas elprjpLivas eTTCOVvp,ias' 

 (f)aXaKpovadaL re yap XeyeTai /cat (fivXXoppoelv } 

 alTLov 8e Tov TrdOovs eV8eta vypoTrjTOS depixrjs, 

 TOLOVTOV 8e pidXiOTa tmv vypcbv to Xnrapov 8to 



20 /cat Tcbv (f)VTCov to. XiTrapd dei^vXXa fxdXXov. 

 dXXd 7T€pl puev TOVTCOV iv aAAot? to aiTiov XeKTCov 

 /cat yap dXXa avvaiTta tovtov tov^ Trddovs avTols- 

 yiVerat 8e rot? p-ev ^vtols iv tco ^(eip.wvi to 

 TTados [avTT] yap rj p.€Ta^oXrj KvpicoTepa tt]S 

 TjXiKtas), /cat rots' (fiwXevovaL 8e tcov ^cowv (/cat 



25 yap TavTa rfTTOV twv dvOpajTrojv vypd /cat depp^d 

 TTjV (f)vaiv iaTLv)' ol 8' dvOpconoi rat? T^At/ctat? 

 X^t'P'dtva /cat dipos dyovaiv. 8to Trplv d^po8tcrta- 

 ^eiv Ol) ytVerat (^aAa/cpd? oi}8ets" rdre 8e rot? 

 ToiouTot? TT^i' (f)vaiv pidXXov . (f)va€L yap cotlv o 

 iyKe(f)aXo? i/jvxpoTO.TOv tov acofxaTos, 6 8 a<f)po- 



30 8tCTtaCT/xds KaTaifjvx^i-' Kadapds yap /cat (f)vaLKTJs 



^ {km TTTepoppoelv) addunt A.-W., Bekkerum secuti ; 

 melius TrrepoppveXv Btf. ; cm. codd. ; fort. <f>vXAo<PoX€lv Kal 

 impo>ppvelv scrib. 



* rovTov TOV Z TOV Toioirrov vulg. 



" The Gk. has " shedding of leaves," but as there is no 

 one English word for this, and as all three are referred to in 



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